Hypertext Webster Gateway: "actuate"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Actuate \Ac"tu*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Actuated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Actuating}.] [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare, fr. L.
actus act.]
1. To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action;
to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more
commonly used of persons.

Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by
the perpetual motion. --Johnson.

Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with
ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow
minds are the least actuated by it. --Addison.

2. To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] ``To actuate
what you command.'' --Jer. Taylor.

Syn: To move; impel; incite; rouse; instigate; animate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Actuate \Ac"tu*ate\, a. [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare.]
Put in action; actuated. [Obs.] --South.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

actuate
v : actuate; "trigger a reaction" [syn: {trip}, {trigger}, {activate},
{set off}, {spark off}, {spark}, {trigger off}, {touch
off}]


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